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1. IN A CAPSULE FORMING APPARATUS, A PLURALITY OF PIN BARS HAVING A SET OF PLUG PINS EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF EACH BAR AND A SET OF BODY PINS EXTENDING FROM THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, FIRST AND SECOND DIPPING TANKS FOR GELATIN OR THE LIKE, A FIRST MEANS FOR CONVEYING PIN BARS ACROSS THE TOPS OF SAID DIPPING TANKS, LOWERING THE PIN BARS FOR DIPPING ONE SET OF PINS IN THE FIRST DIPPING TANK, INVERTING THE PIN BARS BETWEEN SAID DIPPING TANKS, LOWERING THE PIN BARS FOR DIPPING THE OTHER SET OF PINS IN SAID SECOND DIPPING TANK AND AGAIN INVERTING SAID PIN BARS, A DRYING KILN FOR THE CAPSULE BODIES AND PLUGS FORMED ON SAID BODY AND PLUG PINS, A SECOND MEANS FOR TRAVERSING SAID PIN BARS BACK AND FORTH THROUGH SAID DRYING KILN, A PAIR OF STRIPPING STATIONS, ONE FOR CAPSULE PLUGS AND THE OTHER FOR CAPSULE BODIES, A THIRD MEANS FOR CONVEYING THE PIN BARS IN A LINE PAST SAID STRIPPING STATIONS AND DISPLACING EACH BAR AT EACH OF SAID STRIPPING STATIONS FROM THE CONVEYING LINE TO A POSITION FOR STRIPPING THE CAPSULE PLUGS AND BODIES THEREFROM, A TURRET AT EACH OF SAID STRIPPING STATIONS TO RECEIVE THE CAPSULE PLUGS AND BODIES STRIPPED FROM SAID PIN BARS, A FIRST INVERTING MEANS BETWEEN SAID STRIPPING STATIONS TO INVERT SAID PIN BARS, A FIRST GREASING MEANS FOR THE FIRSTSTRIPPED PINS OF SAID PIN BARS WHEN SO INVERTED, A SECOND INVERTING MEANS BETWEEN SAID SECOND STRIPPING STATION AND SAID FIRST DIPPING TANK TO INVERT THE PIN BARS, AND A SECOND GREASING MEANS FOR THE SECOND STRIPPED PINS OF SAID PIN BARS WHEN SO INVERTED. 